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Sri Lanka vote stirs Tamil tensions

Jane Hutcheon
Fri 20 Sep 2013, 11:48 PM AEST

People in northern Sri Lanka are voting in a provincial election that is threatening to stir up old animosity between the government and ethnic minority Tamils. Jane Hutcheon speaks with Human Rights Watch Australia Director Elaine Pearson about the vote, for The World on ABC News 24.